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title: "Southwestern Blackhead Snake"
description: "Tantilla hobartsmithi — Rettili. Tantilla hobartsmithi, commonly known as Smith's black-headed snake and the southwestern blackhead snake, is a species of small snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/southwestern-blackhead-snake
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southwestern Blackhead Snake

> Tantilla hobartsmithi — Rettili. Tantilla hobartsmithi, commonly known as Smith's black-headed snake and the southwestern blackhead snake, is a species of small snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae.

- Scientific name: *Tantilla hobartsmithi*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 602
- Wikidata: [Q2656632](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2656632)
- iNaturalist taxon: [28499](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/28499)

## Names

- en: Southwestern Blackhead Snake
- es: Culebra encapuchada del Suroeste
- nl: Southwestern blackhead snake

## Countries with the most observations

US (509), MX (27)

## Summary

Tantilla hobartsmithi, commonly known as Smith's black-headed snake and the southwestern blackhead snake, is a species of small snake in the subfamily Colubrinae of the family Colubridae. The species is native to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantilla_hobartsmithi

## Photo

![Southwestern Blackhead Snake](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southwestern-blackhead-snake/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chris (CP) and Pamela (PP) Pipes · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/135673055

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southwestern-blackhead-snake?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).